https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6668

John Hardin <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from John Hardin <[email protected]> 2011-10-03 18:55:04 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > I would personally veto this immediately.  We are not an advertising 
> > > service
> > > for RBLs.
> > 
> > I find that statement kind of interesting, when shutting off network tests,
> > many of which require payment over some threshold (often around 100,000 
> > hits a
> > day), makes SpamAssassin five times less accurate.  
> 
> IMO, ANY provider that gives FALSE positives under any circumstances should 
> not
> be configured to be enabled by default with SA.
> 
> I have zero problem with them stopping their replies and zero problems with
> them charging for heavy usage.

If the RBL provides a documented "You are overusing the free service" return
code, what is the problem with recognizing that and hitting a non-scoring
(0.001, neither FP nor FN) rule with an informative description? It doesn't
need to contain a link to the RBL's TOS or subscription page (advertising), but
telling the admin _why_ they're getting an unusable response from the RBL is
polite.

I think that's a much better approach than either removing one of the most
effective antispam techniques by default, or having the RBL suddenly mark
_everything_ as spam because we don't interpret the "overuse" code correctly.

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